# Forestry Act 1967, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In the case of settled land in England or Wales, the tenant for life may enter into a forestry dedication covenant relating to the land or any part thereof either for consideration or gratuitously.
(2) The Settled Land Act 1925 shall apply as if the power conferred by subparagraph (1) above had been conferred by that Act; and for the purposes of section 72 of that Act (which relates to the mode of giving effect to a disposition by a tenant for life and to the operation thereof), and of any other relevant statutory provision applying to England or Wales, entering into a forestry dedication covenant shall be treated as a disposition.
(3) The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall be construed as one with the Settled Land Act 1925.
(4) Section 28 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (which confers the powers of a tenant for life on trustees for sale) shall apply as if the power of a tenant for life under sub-paragraph (1) above had been conferred by the Settled Land Act 1925.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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